June 2018 Running Challenge

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  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    It's a good thing I love my friend and am motivated to get her running... 5:30 on a Saturday is just crazy talk! But on the bright side, I got C25k w1d3 + 9k run + weights/strength exercises all done by 7:30! On my solo run, I saw 2 european hampsters (one ran away like a normal animal and the other dashed across the sidewalk in front of me while snarling ferociously), a roadkilled hedgehog :(, a man running in a button-up dress shirt, and this:btjlis9etnrn.jpg
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    Upcoming races:
    6/30 Silesian Highland [trail] Half Marathon
    7/16 CityTrail OnTour 5k

    So beautiful!!
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,555 Member
    @Orphia good luck on your 50k! You've been training hard for this. You can do it!
  • jennacole12
    jennacole12 Posts: 1,167 Member
    Hello everyone!! I know I am late but I want to join!!! I wish I found this group sooner!! My goal for June is 60 miles.

    June 1 4 miles
    June 2 4 miles
    June 3 6 miles
    June 4
    June 5
    June 6 4.3 miles
    June 7 4.3 miles
    June 8 3.5 miles
    June 9 3.1 Race day
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    edited June 2018
    Orphia wrote: »

    @katharmonic Nice contrast to your earlier race photo! Hey, you look tall!


    Hat tip to @mbaker566 and @ContraryMaryMary , fellow runners from the Handstand Challenge thread.
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10671026/june-handstand-challenge

    Any other runners want to join us in learning / getting better at handstands?

    Tomorrow (Sunday), I'm going for it.

    Wish me luck on my first 50 km run.

    Thanks all for the nice comments on my better photo! I look tall - lol, yes I'm pretty tall and get that a lot.

    I am totally intimidated by handstands but maybe should give it a try now that I've been strength training - maybe I could do it?

    Good luck on your 50 km today!!! I was just about to look up the conversion to miles but realized I could probably do that one in my head from a 5k. :) Anyway, it's long and I am impressed!

    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    06/01/18 :::: 1.4 :::: 1.4
    06/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 1.4
    06/03/18 :::: 13.1 :::: 14.5
    06/04/18 :::: 0.8 :::: 15.3
    06/05/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 18.9
    06/06/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 22.4
    06/07/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.4
    06/08/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.4
    06/09/18 :::: 9.0 :::: 31.4

    I took a couple of rest days after running races on Sunday and Wednesday this week. I did circuit training yesterday though with several laps of running thrown in there on the tiny indoor track, but didn't keep track of time or distance on that. All I know is that I also did a lot of squats and my legs are feeling that.

    Today's long run was nice, it was a beautiful morning about 55 degrees F to start. There were a lot of people out for the good weather and it was the first week of our new training cycle so that's always a good turnout. There was also a sprint tri going on at the park so lots of activity. The run felt pretty good but I'm feeling sore now that I'm done. Might need a nice soak in the tub, and of course will have to go for a long walk with my girl Stella so that might help although it's the last thing I feel like doing at the moment.

    Good luck to on any races this weekend, and in getting those long runs in, or whatever you have planned.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Welcome @zebedeeclare ! And good luck on your 10k! Just enjoy it. Walk if you need to. What distance did you run in London?
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    amymoreorless wrote: »
    Okay guys, I need some help with my running playlist. I am sick of all of them and I am out ideas. Favorite running songs?

    Uprising by Muse
    Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
    Somebody Told Me by The Killers
    Immortals by Fallout Boy
    Uma Thurman by Fallout Boy
    Basically anything by Fallout Boy :smile:

    Let's see what else...
    Legend by The Score
    Feel it Still by Portugal the Man
    Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis

    You kinda get my taste in music by now. :smiley:
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    6/1/2018 rest
    6/2/2018 2.65 miles
    6/3/2018 9.05 miles

    6/4/2018 rest
    6/5/2018 3 miles
    6/6/2018 2.1 miles
    6/7/2018 2.5 miles
    6/8/2018 2 miles
    6/9/2018 2.15 miles

    Total 23.45 miles /80-85

    So Garmin showed me at 13:59 but when I went back later it said 14 even. WAAAAAH LOL Clearly I am working on my patience.

    Oh, to add to playlist ideas. I agree with @shanaber on Lady Gaga. I also like Christina Aguilera (Dirty, Stronger, sometimes Moulin Rouge).

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Loving that y'all getting out and knocking down the miles... hope to get out today. House hunting while working 3 jobs is not leaving much time for running sadly.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    10 km Riverbank trails. The original plan was 15 km up Judah Hill. Some ladies I know came by on bikes and we started talking, had a really nice mobile visit. Suddenly realized I was 2 km past the turn for Judah Hill. Did the math and it would have been 20 km + the Hill climb which would be way above my training plan, so adjusted my plan and just did 10. Rained overnight so very Humid and sticky.

    06/02 10.02 km- 10.02km - 130.0 km - YTD 430.48km
    06/03 8.02 km- 18.04km - 122.0 km
    06/05 13.00 km- 31.04km - 109.0 km
    06/06 07.01 km- 38.05km - 116.1 km
    06/02 10.02 km- 48.07km - 106.0 km - YTD 468.53km Riverbank Trails

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    @ariceroni At one of my events a fellow had heaves ( not dry ) in the finish area, the marshal's grabbed him and pulled him out - no one wants to do that cleanup, and no runner wants to run into it. @21:59 you have reason to be green.

    @Orphia No Handstands/cartwheels/bench press for me. Yoga poses and planks are questionable.
    Separated a shoulder ( dislocated) many years ago and I don't want to go through that experience again. Ironically when I run I tend to hold the injured left arm higher than the right arm.
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    @biketheworld Yes, I am doing the full marathon at Wineglass in NY! I think it will be a fun event!
    @5BeautifulDays Congrats on your 5 miles!
    @ariceroni Congrats on your PR!
    @polskagirl01 What pretty flowers!!!

    No run yesterday - hubby and I went to a Dead and Company concert. This morning, I ran 4.5 miles. I saw a deer, and although she didn’t run, I couldn’t get a picture in time before she walked into the woods. Came home, and now one of my pups is asleep on my lap, and I feel bad about having to wake her so I can shower!

    6/1: 1.6 miles
    6/2: 4.1 miles
    6/3: 11.5 miles
    6/4: 1.4 miles
    6/5: 2.2 miles speed work
    6/6: rest
    6/7: 1 mile
    6:8: rest
    6/9: 4.5 miles

    Total: 26.3/75 miles

    Upcoming Races:
    Wineglass Marathon 9/30
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    6/1 - 0
    6/2 - 2
    6/3 - 2
    6/4 - 2
    6/5 - 2
    6/6 - rest day
    6/7 - 3 (long run :p )
    6/8 - 2
    6/9 - 2

    15 of 50 miles
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,859 Member
    Good luck tomorrow on your 50K @Orphia! You can do it!!!
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    biketheworld wrote: »
    @ContraryMaryMary - are those poppies? So beautiful.
    I think you meant me - Yes, they're poppies! There are also yellow fields that are pretty too (it's the flowers they make canola oil from, I can't remember the name at the moment), and purple fields that didn't quite look like lavender, so I'm not sure what those are, either. I'll have to slow down and take more pictures :)
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    Tomorrow (Sunday), I'm going for it.
    Wish me luck on my first 50 km run.

    Wow, go Orphia, GO!!!!
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    3.2 miles today, again. 49.9miles to go.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    biketheworld wrote: »
    @ContraryMaryMary - are those poppies? So beautiful.
    I think you meant me - Yes, they're poppies! There are also yellow fields that are pretty too (it's the flowers they make canola oil from, I can't remember the name at the moment), and purple fields that didn't quite look like lavender, so I'm not sure what those are, either. I'll have to slow down and take more pictures :)

    That'd be rapeseed flowers. Not sure what the purple ones would be. We'd love more pictures!

    The poopies are absolutely lovely!
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    edited June 2018
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    biketheworld wrote: »
    @ContraryMaryMary - are those poppies? So beautiful.
    I think you meant me - Yes, they're poppies! There are also yellow fields that are pretty too (it's the flowers they make canola oil from, I can't remember the name at the moment), and purple fields that didn't quite look like lavender, so I'm not sure what those are, either. I'll have to slow down and take more pictures :)

    That'd be rapeseed flowers. Not sure what the purple ones would be. We'd love more pictures!

    The poopies are absolutely lovely!

    Yellow tends to be oilseed rape/rapeseed. Canola is the name given to a crossbred version.

    Purple not sure - if it looks like a crop, and is more blue than purple, then it’s probably flax - from which linen and linseed oil comes from.

    Love seeing fields of poppies. They are just so delicate, and poignant. Don’t think it’s worldwide but the poppy is the flower of remembrance of war dead in the U.K.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    06/01/18 - 0
    06/02/18 - 1 mile race & 5k race
    06/03/18 - 10 miles @ 9:52
    06/04/18 - 13.1 miles @ 9:04
    06/05/18 - 0 :(
    06/06/18 - 13.1 miles @ 9:30 including hill repeats
    06/07/18 -
    06/08/18 - 0 :(
    06/09/18 - 12 miles @ 9:29


    07/20/18 - Liberty Get Well Mile
    08/11/18 - Howl At The Moon 5k

    --More as I find them - need find a nice trail race

    2020 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)


    High dewpoint again so not pushing it. Will stay in the 10-15 mile range till weather breaks. :(
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    6/1 14miles
    6/2 6miles (walk)
    6/3 rest
    6/4 6.71miles
    6/5 8miles
    6/6 8.96miles
    6/7 5miles
    6/8 5miles
    6/9 14miles

    I am so behind on posts!

    Been waking up early the last few days to get my runs in before the day starts. Like 4:45am and 5:30am early! 2 full days of training, well there’s something to be said about mental fatigue!

    This morning I decided getting up early to do my long run would be far better than waiting Julia because the mornings have been cooler before the sun is fully up. So I got up at 5:30am. I ran 11 miles, checked on the kids, then headed back out to finish the last 3. I felt pretty good! Kept the pace right around 10 minute miles and my hr stayed pretty steady.

    I took the kids to the beach afterwards. Pretty awesome day for the beach. My kids are done with school, I’m done with my long run for the week, and I can RELAX for days!!! :smile:

  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Awaiting the Belmont Stakes. My interest in running started with horse racing. Anyway if Justify doesn't win today, then my hunch bet is Hofburg. His trainer is from South Dakota and we are vacationing in South Dakota this fall. I just want everyone to be safe today.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    biketheworld wrote: »
    @ContraryMaryMary - are those poppies? So beautiful.
    I think you meant me - Yes, they're poppies! There are also yellow fields that are pretty too (it's the flowers they make canola oil from, I can't remember the name at the moment), and purple fields that didn't quite look like lavender, so I'm not sure what those are, either. I'll have to slow down and take more pictures :)

    That'd be rapeseed flowers. Not sure what the purple ones would be. We'd love more pictures!

    The poopies are absolutely lovely!

    Look at that, autocorrect has betrayed me again. Poopies? Wth is a poopie? Sheesh.
  • ladysnickerdoo
    ladysnickerdoo Posts: 61 Member
    edited June 2018
    Day 2 of my couch to 5k. Had my daughter with me so didn't push as hard as yesterday.
    6/9 ran/walked 46 minutes for total of 2.54 miles.
    11.29/40

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  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Does anyone use a cooling towel on their long runs? My work supplies them for our employees that have to deliver paperwork (they go about 3 miles outside).

    If you aren't sure what I mean here is one example on Amazon https://smile.amazon.com/Balhvit-Cooling-Instant-Chilling-Microfiber/dp/B074C2NFPQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1528588924&sr=1-3&keywords=cooling+towel&refinements=p_85:2470955011,p_72:1248957011&th=1&psc=1

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